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  • Afbeelding: Mediamatic Biotoop JungJiea Hung

    Participants during the Living with Houseplants

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    Botanikurs 101

    with Plantmom

    Botanikurs 101 is a series of workshops and classes focused on plants. We invite you to learn and explore the life of plants and its systems as well as master taking care of your plants at home. 
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    Open Tour

    Every Friday at 4

    Come explore Mediamatic as part of our weekly Friday Tour at 16:00. Get a glimpse behind the scenes, learn more about the growing installations and peek inside our sensorial labs. 

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    Plant Eigenschappen

    Vanaf Dijkspark brengen we de planten in de stad in kaart

    Rondom onze Biotoop groeit een grote verscheidenheid aan planten, van genezend tot giftig, van donkergroen tot paars. Je kunt ijKruid / Hortus Dijkspark op elk moment bezoeken. Kom meer te weten over...
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    ijKruid

    Vanaf Dijkspark brengen we de planten in de stad in kaart

    Rondom onze Biotoop groeit een grote verscheidenheid aan planten, van genezend tot giftig, van donkergroen tot paars. Je kunt Hortus Dijkspark op elk moment bezoeken. Kom meer te weten over de...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Alessandra Avanzi

    Cooking with essential oils.

    What does ylang ylang, orange blossom or rose essential oils taste like?

    Do you know that about 70% of our taste comes from our nose? Our taste is basically nothing  without our nose.  In fact, have you ever noticed that when you catch a cold the food tastes different?
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

    What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

    Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Elderflower Champagne 2.0

    Popping champagne straight from the garden!

    The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L!  Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!
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    Foraging for Mental Health

    met Lynn Shore

    Wil je je stemming een boost geven door je te verbinden met je omgeving? Lynn Shore neemt je mee op een mindfull begeleide sessie om te ontdekken hoe je kunt omgaan met de alledaagse natuur om je...

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  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Romantic Ruin

    Dec '21

    Winter is knocking on our door and the Tumulus vegetation is preparing to hibernate.  This patch of nature is still holding its green for the most part but some plants have decayed to fall colours...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    12
    apr 2026
    - Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

    In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Duckweed taste testing 2.0

    Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish

    Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop Ruchama Noorda

    Hermit Hut II: Ruin

    Jan '22

    ruin - n-   late Old English, "act of giving way and falling down", from Latin  ruina  "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down.” - Online dictionary of etymology 
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    Perfumery Basics: Arabic Scent

    Have you ever wondered about the magical world of fragrances and its role in the Arabic culture?   The origins of perfume are in ancient Egypt where they were using fragrant oils in wellness, rituals...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    7 kilos of Happiness

    The ins and outs of weighing our fish

    Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Elise Chalcraft

    Tasting before wasting

    Optimizing our African Catfish feed

    My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.
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    Absintalsem

    Artemisia absinthium

    Vind meer over deze plant op Wikipedia . 

  • The real story behind natural perfumery

    Natural vs synthetic. Is it really eco?

    "Natural is always better" a sentence we often hear, but is it really? Well, in perfumery, it is not as simple, and there is a twist to what is commonly known and followed. Chemistry came to add...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building Aquaponic Systems

    met Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is een duurzaam voedselproductiesysteem dat het kweken van groenten en vis combineert. Het is een van de beste methodes om in de stad voedsel te produceren omdat het maar weinig ruimte...
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    Open Friday Tour - Hydroponics Edition

    13
    mrt 2026

    Discover the wonders of our hydroponics during our weekly Friday tour! Peek inside our urban farm, and learn about the innovative bio-art installations around the Biotoop with our greenhouse and...
  • Tumulus Mediamatic Biotoop

    Firing

    June '21

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    Essential Eau de Cologne

  • Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Radical Embroidery

    with Desirée Hammen

    Do you think embroidery is reserved to stitching flowers? Or that you can only embroider on fabric? In the last decades, embroidery has evolved from a traditionally feminine and domestic practice to...

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